Muhammad Mokaev isn’t proud of David Dvorak accepting a short-notice fight against a UFC debutant.
Steve Erceg, a former Eternal MMA flyweight champion, was with out an opponent for his UFC debut after Clayton Carpenter and Matt Schnell pulled out. As a outcome, Dvorak stepped in to fight Erceg on June 10.
Meanwhile, Mokaev, the quantity twelve-ranked UFC flyweight, has been hoping to safe a top-ten opponent, however he hasn’t succeeded. Over the previous few months, Mokaev has accused Dvorak, ranked quantity ten, of ducking him.
Once ‘Undertaker’ accepted the fight against Erceg, Mokaev voiced his frustration on Twitter by saying:
“Imagine he said I’m not on his level And just accepted debutant True colours coming out from these “ranked” fighters”
Mokaev final fought on March 18, defeating Jafel Filho by a third-round submission. ‘The Punisher’ discovered himself in a number of harmful submission makes an attempt, together with a deep kneebar, however the rising flyweight contender pushed by and emerged victorious.
Since then, the 22-year-old has continued to name out fighters rating forward of him. Despite his valiant effort, Mokaev has didn’t safe matchups against Dvorak, Manel Kape, Alex Perez, and Brandon Royval. With that mentioned, ‘The Punisher’ received’t quit till he finds an opponent to push him towards a 125-pound title shot.
Muhammad Mokaev gives to fight Tim Elliot if the latter wins on June 3
On June 3, Tim Elliot returns to motion against Victor Altamirano. The quantity eleven-ranked UFC flyweight is defending his spot against the unranked Altamirano however hopes to fight somebody forward of him in his subsequent fight. Ahead of his fight at UFC Vegas 74, Cody Durden referred to as out Elliot on Twitter by saying:
“Go get that win this weekend @TElliott125. I’ll be rooting for ya! Then let’s talk business.”
Elliot responded by saying:
“I’m down, however I’d like to fight guys above me in the rankings at some point!”
Muhammad Mokaev noticed the Twitter trade as a possibility to safe a higher-ranked opponent. Mokaev responded to Elliot’s tweet by saying:
“I’m here”
Since making his UFC debut in March 2022, Muhammad Mokaev has received 4 consecutive fights, together with three wins inside the gap. The 22-year-old hopes to develop into the youngest UFC champion of all time, however he’s operating out of time to beat Jon Jones’ file of 23 years previous.
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